Edgar-award winning novelist Thomas Perry just returned to his bestselling Jane Whitefield series with his novel, Runner--after leaving the series behind for nine years.

Earlier this week, GalleyCat caught up with Perry at New York's Mysterious Bookshop. In this interview, the novelist discusses the current state of the mystery-writing world and the difficulties of returning to the Whitefield series.

This legendary author has published 14 novels and written scripts with his wife for television shows like Simon and Simon, Star Trek: the Next Generation, and 21 Jump Street.